AI video generation trained on licensed footage
Moonvalley is an AI video generation platform for filmmakers and studio production teams.
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The site highlights several specific capabilities beyond basic generation. Composable layers allow users to combine motion, style, and camera direction as separate inputs that stack without disrupting the underlying scene structure. Marey is described as maintaining lighting continuity across frames, with shadows and highlights that respond consistently as a scene progresses, and as reproducing physical motion (weight, momentum, timing) intended to read as filmed rather than synthetic. The model is also positioned around prompt adherence, aiming to follow detailed instructions while keeping a consistent visual style across a generated sequence.
Moonvalley is aimed at filmmakers and production teams working on projects where commercial rights clearance matters, since Marey's training data is licensed rather than scraped, which the company markets as making output commercially safe to use. Moonvalley's website does not publish a rate card; fal.ai lists Marey at $1.50 per 5-second clip and $3.00 per 10-second clip. Marey Realism v1.5 is also available through fal.ai. ComfyUI's Moonvalley nodes are marked deprecated, and ComfyUI's docs say the Moonvalley API service is no longer available.
Moonvalley retired its self-serve Standard, Plus and Pro plans in March 2026 and now works only with enterprise and studio partners; outside a partnership, Marey runs on fal.ai as an inference partner. Moonvalley's own public API is a waitlist signup form. In June 2026 Reka, an AI lab focused on physical-world models, announced it had joined forces with Moonvalley, adding Moonvalley's team of 50 researchers and engineers.
Pulls motion from a reference video and applies it to new subjects or scenes while preserving the original timing and energy.
Uses a reference image or performance input to guide facial motion, lighting, depth, and timing when applied to a new subject.
Provides directable, physical-camera-like controls (including WASD movement, rotation, and panning) so filmmakers can create cinematic camera moves from a single image.
Enables modification of specific elements in a generated video without needing to regenerate the entire scene.
Allows users to upload multiple reference images on a timeline, with the model generating smooth, natural transitions between them.
Generates native high-definition video without upscaling artifacts, supporting multiple aspect ratios from widescreen to vertical.
Extends a generated clip's duration while preserving its motion patterns and scene dynamics.
Supports generating video clips directly from text prompts or from a single source image.
Lets users draw a trajectory for any element in a scene so objects move naturally along a defined path without prompts or rerolls.
Allows separate editing of foreground, mid-ground, and background layers within a generated scene.
Lets filmmakers guide generation using storyboards, sketches, and live-action references instead of relying solely on text prompts.
Marey is trained exclusively on licensed, high-resolution footage with no scraped content or user submissions, reducing legal risk for commercial use.
Moonvalley publishes no pricing. Self-serve Standard, Plus and Pro plans were retired in March 2026; access is now through enterprise and studio partnerships, and API access is waitlisted.
Marey delivers native 1080p in five- or ten-second clips, but one named integration route is marked unavailable.
“Marey Realism v1.5 renders native 1920x1080 clips of five or ten seconds, with Shot Extension to stretch them. It runs on fal.ai today, but ComfyUI's own docs now flag the Moonvalley nodes as service unavailable.”
A Marey clip runs five seconds, or ten, and comes out at 1920x1080 natively rather than upscaled from something smaller, which is the category's usual shortcut. You build scenes by extending and stitching those clips, which is what Shot Extension is for. The schedule risk is assembly time, not generation time.
Access is where I'd slow down. Moonvalley lists two inference partners; Marey Realism v1.5 runs on fal.ai today, while ComfyUI's own docs now flag the Moonvalley nodes as service unavailable. The catch is that Moonvalley still lists Comfy as a partner, and its API page is a form to be alerted when public APIs arrive.
So the pilot is easy to run and the pipeline isn't safe to design yet. Put a real shot list through the route that's live before anyone wires this into a node graph. Then get a date in writing for the public API.
Native 1920x1080 output rather than an upscale from a smaller render is a concrete, checkable difference.
ComfyUI's docs marking the Moonvalley nodes service unavailable shows how quickly a route you standardise on can close.
Marey Realism v1.5 can be run on fal.ai today, so a pilot starts without a contract or a waitlist.
Directable shot-level generation changes how a sequence gets made, not just what the old way costs.
A versioned model, Marey Realism v1.5, ships with documented parameters through an inference partner, while the public API is still a signup form.
Production teams who assemble sequences from short directed shots.
Teams who need a working ComfyUI node path today.
A licensing-first video model with real frame-level directing tools, built for people who actually block shots.
“Moonvalley trades the scraped-data speed lane for licensed footage and gives filmmakers trajectory, camera, and motion controls that behave like production tools. The craft ceiling is high; the workflow maturity is still forming.”
Seven named controls — camera control, motion transfer, trajectory, keyframing, reference, pose control, shot extension — tell me this was built by people who've storyboarded a scene, not just prompted one. Camera Control turning a single 2D image into a navigable environment is a real directorial primitive, not a filter. Composable layers stacking motion, style, and camera without breaking scene structure is the kind of non-destructive thinking you want in a production tool, not a toy.
The licensed-training-data bet is the strategic core here. If you're a studio worried about rights clearance, that's the whole pitch, and it's a real differentiator against tools trained on scraped footage. The tradeoff: no visible pricing tier, API is waitlist-only, and Voyager, the studio production layer announced at launch, no longer has a page on Moonvalley's site.
A fal.ai inference partnership gives Marey a route into existing pipelines, though ComfyUI now marks its Moonvalley nodes as deprecated. Three years out, betting on licensed provenance early looks smart if commercial risk tightens industry-wide.
Positioned against other video generators on the commercial-safety axis rather than pure fidelity, a distinct lane in a crowded field.
Storyboard/sketch inputs and camera control from a single image match how filmmakers actually plan shots, not how casual prompters work.
fal.ai availability gives it reach into existing inference workflows, but ComfyUI now marks its Moonvalley nodes as deprecated.
Licensed training data lowers commercial risk over time, but a waitlisted API and deprecated ComfyUI nodes mean the full pipeline isn't locked yet.
Trajectory control, pose transfer, and layer-based editing go past prompt-and-pray into actual directorial control.
Filmmakers and studio teams who need directorial-grade control and commercially cleared training data.
You need self-serve pricing and immediate API access today rather than a waitlist.
$1.50 per five-second clip on fal.ai is the only Marey price I could find.
“fal.ai prices Marey at $1.50 per 5-second clip and $3.00 per 10-second clip. Moonvalley retired its self-serve plans and now sells direct access only through enterprise and studio partnerships, with no rate card.”
Every reroll costs $1.50 or $3.00. That's fal.ai's published price for Marey Realism v1.5, per five- or ten-second clip at 1920x1080. A 60-second spot needs six ten-second clips. Allow three takes each: 18 × $3.00 = $54. That's a unit cost you can actually model.
Takes are the variable that matters. Trajectory Control is pitched as moving objects along a path without prompts or rerolls. If it cuts three takes to two, the same spot drops to $36. Anything past ten seconds means more clips or Shot Extension.
The catch is the direct route. Moonvalley retired its self-serve plans in March 2026 and now sells only through enterprise and studio partnerships, with no rate card. Its public API is still a waitlist signup. ComfyUI's docs now mark the Moonvalley nodes as deprecated. So fal.ai is the only Marey line item I can put in a budget today.
No rate card on Moonvalley's own site and a waitlisted API leave the direct route's procurement undefined; fal.ai offers pay-per-clip access.
I couldn't find term length, renewal or cancellation terms for Moonvalley's web app; fal.ai prices per clip rather than per seat.
Moonvalley's site shows no rate card for its web app; the only published price is fal.ai's $1.50 per 5-second clip and $3.00 per 10-second clip.
Trajectory Control is pitched to cut rerolls, and at $1.50 to $3.00 per clip every avoided take is a measurable saving.
At $3.00 per 10-second clip, a 60-second spot at three takes per shot runs $54 on fal.ai; I couldn't find web-app pricing to compare.
Production teams who budget per shot through fal.ai.
You need a published rate card for buying Marey from Moonvalley directly.
Seven controls to learn before lunch, but the shot list finally survives contact with the model.
“Moonvalley gives you enough dedicated dials — trajectory, layers, keyframing, inpainting — that a scene actually holds together across a sequence instead of drifting. The tradeoff is a genuinely bigger toolkit to internalize than a single prompt box.”
Keyframing multiple reference images on a timeline and letting Marey fill the transitions is the kind of control a working editor actually asks for — most tools force you to fake that with stitched clips. Layer-based editing (foreground, mid-ground, background handled separately) means a note like 'just fix the background' doesn't mean re-rolling the whole take.
The learning curve is real, though. Between trajectory drawing, pose transfer, motion transfer, and camera WASD controls, a new hire needs a proper onboarding pass before touching a paying job, not a five-minute prompt tutorial.
Voyager, the studio-grade layer announced at launch, no longer has a page on Moonvalley's site, and Moonvalley now works only with enterprise and studio partners, so outside a partnership fal.ai is the route you can actually test. Inpainting for targeted fixes is the feature I'd want proven out first on a real deadline — regenerating half a scene versus all of it is the difference between a good Tuesday and a bad one.
Keyframing and inpainting address real reshoot pain, but stacking that many controls means day-3 is still learning, not shipping.
Moonvalley's product copy reads like it was written by people who understand shots and lighting continuity, but I couldn't find deeper docs to judge depth beyond that.
Layer-based editing and storyboard inputs reduce regeneration friction, but the Voyager studio layer announced at launch no longer has a page on Moonvalley's site.
Composable layers, pose transfer, and trajectory control stack together for advanced direction, going well past basic text-to-video.
fal.ai inference keeps it from living as an island tool, but ComfyUI now marks its Moonvalley nodes as deprecated, so the node-based route is closed.
Production teams who need shot-level control like keyframed transitions and layer isolation.
Skip this if your team needs a same-day, prompt-only tool with no ramp-up time.
Powerful controls for filmmakers, but the day-to-day feel is still a mystery box.
“Moonvalley leans hard into frame-level directing tools like camera control and inpainting. What it actually feels like to live in day to day is anyone's guess from the outside.”
Most AI video tools sell you a text box and a prayer. Moonvalley sells you WASD camera movement, inpainting, and layer-based editing, which is a different pitch entirely — this is built for people who think in shots, not prompts. That's a real differentiator on paper.
But here's what nobody tells you: a tool with this many dials (trajectory control, keyframing across multiple reference images, pose transfer) lives or dies on whether the interface makes those dials feel like a camera rig or like a spreadsheet. I can't tell from the outside which one this is, and that gap matters more at month three than day one.
Moonvalley has retired its self-serve plans, so without a studio deal fal.ai is the way in; the ComfyUI nodes are now deprecated. No visible pricing tier means you can't even guess what a bad day costs you. Licensed training data is the headline, but the actual hands-on-keyboard experience is the part I'd want to see before signing anything.
Feature list (inpainting, layer editing) suggests craft, but no empty-state or micro-copy detail is visible to judge the daily feel.
Storyboard and sketch-based inputs plus keyframing give multiple entry points, but stacking composable layers implies real depth to master.
Only a web platform is listed, with no mobile app or responsive workflow mentioned anywhere I could find.
Self-serve signup at app.moonvalley.com now lands on a notice that those plans are retired, and the breadth of controls (motion transfer, trajectory, pose) means first-session homework is likely.
The public API is still waitlist-only and ComfyUI's Moonvalley nodes are deprecated, both signs of a product still stabilizing its edges.
Studio filmmakers who need precise shot-level control and can absorb a sales-driven buying process.
You need a mobile workflow or a self-serve price you can see before talking to anyone.
Licensed footage is the pitch. What happens when the studio contract expires is the question.
“Marey's frame-level controls read as genuinely differentiated on paper. But there's no public rate card and the API sits on a waitlist, which makes this a demo-first product until you talk to sales.”
"Commercially safe" is doing a lot of work in this pitch. Licensed training data is a real differentiator against other video models if the licensing claim holds up under scrutiny — but I've heard 'fully cleared' before from stock-footage vendors who later restated their terms once lawyers got involved. No indication that's happening here. Just a category history worth remembering.
The controls list is long: trajectory, motion transfer, pose transfer, layer-based editing. Specific enough to sound like a real product, not a wrapper. Voyager, the studio platform announced at launch, no longer has a page on the site, so judge Marey on what fal.ai or a studio partnership gives you.
Exit portability is the real gap. Your workflow lives in Marey's format, on Moonvalley's app or fal.ai. If Moonvalley pivots or prices you out, none of that trajectory work travels anywhere else.
Licensed-training-data positioning against other video generators is a genuine wedge, not a copycat feature list.
Output runs through Marey-specific controls and formats; fal.ai access doesn't change that the creative work is model-locked.
Self-serve plans were retired in March 2026 and the public API is still a waitlist signup form, which limits how much active usage I can confirm.
Claims like lighting continuity and physical motion realism are specific rather than vague, which is more falsifiable than most category copy.
Named capabilities (trajectory control, pose transfer) are concrete, but I couldn't verify performance claims beyond the site's own framing.
Studios comfortable with a sales conversation and willing to build workflows around a single vendor's control system.
You need portable output and a tested exit path before committing production budget.
Common questions answered by our AI research team
Moonvalley's Marey model is trained on licensed footage rather than scraped internet data, making it commercially safe and fully licensed.
Yes, Marey generates both image-to-video and text-to-video output with cinematic detail, motion, and lighting.
Yes, Camera Control lets you create cinematic camera moves using just a single image. Marey transforms any 2D scene into a 3D environment so you can direct the camera as if on set.
Not reliably. Moonvalley still lists Comfy as an inference partner, but ComfyUI's documentation says the Moonvalley API service is no longer available and marks the Moonvalley nodes as deprecated. Marey Realism v1.5 is still listed on fal.ai.
Yes, Marey launched on Fal.ai and can be run there as one of Moonvalley's inference partners.
Who Moonvalley competes with, and how each one differs
Runway struck a licensing deal with Lionsgate for training data and serves both prosumer subscribers and enterprise studios with its Gen-4 model, a broader customer base than Moonvalley's studio-exclusive focus.
Luma AI ships its Ray2 model through the consumer-facing Dream Machine app with director-grade editing tools, targeting a wider creator base than Moonvalley's licensed-data, studio-first positioning.
Kling AI, built by China's Kuaishou, is a mass-market video model generating over $500M in annualized revenue through a consumer app and API, without Moonvalley's licensed-only training guarantee.
Pika targets consumer and social creators with a freemium image-animation product, lacking Moonvalley's licensed-training guarantee or direct film-studio partnerships.
PixVerse offers consumer-priced text/photo-to-video generation via app and web, without Moonvalley's licensed-data sourcing or Hollywood studio distribution deals.
Moonvalley is an AI video generation company based in Los Angeles that builds Marey, a film-grade model trained exclusively on licensed content for filmmakers and studios.
